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David Gewirtz

In addition to hosting the ZDNet Government and ZDNet DIY-IT blogs, CBS Interactive's Distinguished Lecturer David Gewirtz is an author, U.S. policy advisor and computer scientist. He is featured in The History Channel special The President's Book of Secrets, is one of America's foremost cyber-security experts, and is a top expert on saving and creating jobs. He is also director of the U.S. Strategic Perspective Institute as well as the founder of ZATZ Publishing.
David is a member of FBI InfraGard, the Cyberwarfare Advisor for the International Association for Counterterrorism & Security Professionals, a columnist for The Journal of Counterterrorism and Homeland Security, and has been a regular CNN contributor, and a guest commentator for the Nieman Watchdog of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. He is the author of Where Have All the Emails Gone?, the definitive study of email in the White House, as well as How To Save Jobs and The Flexible Enterprise, the classic book that served as a foundation for today's agile business movement.

Latest Posts

A recount is important, not because of politics, but to demonstrate to our citizens, allies, and enemies that we're diligent and on-guard against any cyber breach of the integrity and security of our voting process.

After a long, acrimonious, strange election season, it's finally time to vote. David Gewirtz reflects on how technology has been at the forefront of this cycle and shares a few hopeful thoughts as America prepares to choose its leaders.

David Gewirtz examines the startling similarities between public utilities and cloud computing providers in the context of Hurricane Matthew. Public utilities have become complacent and are subject to disruption from Internet-age companies.

Now that NATO has recognized that cyberspace is as much a battleground as land, sea, and air, what does that mean for enterprise IT defense? Do you, as IT professionals, have to get involved in the battles between nations? You don't have a choice.

When a startup dies and users are left stranded, it's unfortunate. But when a giant like Google cuts off life support for a home automation product, who's to blame? Does Google have a greater responsibility to users than smaller competitors?

For your entertainment and edification, David Gewirtz offers some wicked-but-wise advice to presidents and plutocrats -- especially crooked ones who want to hide the billions they've stolen from their people. Cunningly, these lessons apply to enterprising IT professionals as well.

With all the times the candidates try to sneak their Web addresses into their speeches, you'd think the election had finally gone online. But online election night news coverage is hopelessly mired in an old media mindset.

While Apple has come out strongly in favor of security and privacy, it's facing an uphill battle with the FBI and other government security organizations. David Gewirtz looks at the reasons why Apple may be right, but also why its attempt to block the FBI's order may prove futile.